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May 22, 1945. H. BUCKNER GAME Filed Aug. 25, 1945 xA w Patented May 22, 1945 I-VA'QUNITED STATES PATENT OFIFI.CEV:UI7 Q V a Louis H.-Buckner, Cleveland, Ohio i Application August25, 1943, Serial No. 499,952

3-Claims. (014273-97) This invention relates to games, and the chief object of the invention is to provide in a relatively simple and attractive form agame the playing of which involves both the exercise of skill and the element of chance.

A further object 6f the invention is to provide in a game of the kind referred to, a small and elongated paddle including a flat blade and integrally formed handle, the blade being formed with a plurality of axially aligned apertures and beingcolored or painted at the margins ofthe apertures and transversely of the blade in various colors, and the apertures being also numbered variously to indicate different values placed againstthe several apertures in the operation or r playing of the game, and aplural-pronged missile or .throw piece formed with prongs angularly ex tended indivers directions from its center or hub portion, with the prQ s colored or painted to correspond with the'coloring of the margins of the apertures of the blade, the saidmissile being flexibly connected with the outer .end of' the blade by means of a string or cord of suitable length, whereby the missile ,may be, jerked or thrown into the air by suitable manipulation of the blade, and on its descent may be caught by passing a prong of the missile into an aperture of the blade, the scoring in theplay of the game beingdetermined by the relatively high or low numbers adjacent the apertures ofthe blade and by the circumstance offwhether or not a prong of the missile of a certaincolor enters an aperture of theblade the margins of which, are' correspondingly colored.

With the foregoing objectslin view, together with such other or additional objects as may appear from the specification, attention is directed to the accompanying drawing wherein is emarranged in pairs in diametrical alignment, each pair of diametrically aligned prongs or legs being colored to correspond with the coloring of the margins of the apertures, that is to say each pair being colored red, white or blue," the said missile being flexibly connected tothe end of the paddle by means of a cord, and the movement of solid andsdotted lines. o

Figure 2 -is,a detail view in perspective and on an enlarged scaled the six prong missile showninFigure 1. 1 l z Figure 3 is a detail'view on the scale of Figure 2 of a pair of the integrally formed prongs, show mg how same is mortised medially as means for assembling the three pairs of prongs or legs for completingthe missile.

In carrying out this. invention I provide'an elongated paddle 5 of suitable climensions' and material, such as ply-wood, thepaddle including a fiat blade 5a and handle. 52). The blade 5 is here shown as formed with three axially aligne'd holes or apertures-6, 1, 8, and the margins of these apertures are painted or colored transversely of the blade as red, white and blue; as 1 indicated in the drawing and whereby the apertures are difierentiated one from the other. Additionally these apertures: are numbered upon" their opposite margins with a predetermined range-of numbers, the numbers upon one margin being of lower value than the numbers upon the opposite margin, For example, as here shown (see Fig. 1) the red-margined aperture 6 is numbered 15 on one margin and 30 on the opposite margin; the white-margined aperture 1 is numbered 5 the missile in the course :ofplay being shown-in onone margin and 15 onthe opposite margin, and the blue-margined aperture 8 'is num'- bered flO on one margin and 2,0 onthe'oppo site margin. However any desirable. system-of numbering may be employed, for the purpose'of scoring in the playing of the game and-as will be later described.

together so that their ends extend oppositely and diversely from oneanothen in substantialequispaced relation and so that they meet centrally in a perpendicular manner to provide a sort of hub l4. As here shown two of the pairs of prongs are mortised together by turning the mortises inwardly together and pressing the prongs together in a perpendicular relation, and then pressing the mortise or the third pair over an outstanding leg of the first two pairs. This assembly is then firmly tied together by looping a connecting cord l5 by oneend around the hub 14, first in one direction and then another; until the several elements are encircled and then tying the cord firmly to place. The advantage of this method of structure of the missile] 9 lies in the ease with which it may be taken apart and packed into. small space with theipaddle, for shipment or storage, The opposite free end of the cord I5 is passed througha small hole I6 in the forward extremity eithebladebo, where it is'tied securely. 1 The'icordpli'is to be of any suitable" length,

v depending somewhat upon the age of the players' but if found to be too long for younger playerfsgl.

it may readily be shortened temporarily or for, temporary use by merely running additional loops of the cord over fashion. I I

In the use of the device in play, the paddle i is extended horizontally," with one margin (preferably the inner margin) turned downward, and with the missile-hanging pendant at the lower end of thecord [5. A sharp upwardj 'erk isthen impartedjothe paddle; which jerks the missile upwardaand-aboye the. paddle,v Byexer'c'ise then of the proper skill, the player may-succeed in 20 ce ehina the missile upon. theblade or the'paddle, and with one jyoi the prongs Of the missile proiected down v through one of the apertures "of the Thescoring of the game-is;= reckoned both by the numbersfat the marginsof the aperture which is enteredibyta leg? or prong of the'mislsile, and alsq-"hy-Qthl circumstance of whether or not the pronggorgleg thusenterin'g the apertureis of the samefcolor, "as the margins of that aperture; the

' sooreibeing increased if the colors are'the same, ,otherwise notn. I I a ;,i;-t; is obvious .that many sets ofrules might be fimmulatedefor: the playing of games with the described-device as :a scoring element. The primarybasisf of'playw would. be however that if 1a leg-r cm rong; of the -missile ehtredaan aperture of theeblade", 1 and the color of the "prong com-- sponded color of the margins'of the aperture; then the player would score the higher number earned upon the margin of that aperture,

ferent, then he wouldvscorethe lower number. It

is phvious too that a greater" or less [numberof the: apertures than: those-shown-here, might be spondence or, diversity of the coloringof the prong and the margins of the aperture engaged. When the red, white and .blue-margined apertures are caught or engaged in rotation, the score would beqcalled a flag, and would entitle the player i totwenty-five additional points. When inisuch the, hub 14 in slip kno-t 2. play the colors of the prongs wouldcorrespond with the color of the margins-of theapertures, then the score would be called a. grand .flag,

andwould entitle theplayer-to s eyentyefive additional points. Otherwise-the scoring would be] made by simple addition of the numbers scored,

-. as indicated marginally of the apertures engaged.

As stated, these rules for scoring are merely illustrative, and maybe varied at will.

' ;;W hil'e Ihavehere shown and described a particular and preferred embodiment of the physical elements" of the game, the structural features thereof, and the mode of play, these features may be changed or modified as desired, wlthin 'the eope howeverof the'claims P *1. Agame device comprisingan elongated, sub- 'stantially fiat addle nav-in'ga plurality of unob-' structed holes therethroughiand'provided at one endwith a handle; a missile-having six radiallydisposed prongs of substantially equal'length'anii fron'i' theharidle; I I g r ,2; A game "device comprising an elongated, subvireiglit defining three intersecting planes; lying theimissiie with-the h w h wer paddle eaiaeent that' fend staiitiaily'fiat'oadaie-having a pier ty of then I strueted holes th retrirough and provided atom butziftheicolorsfofithe leg and margins were difv 'i ga;v in. the; blade, and 'tha't the coloring of Y the margins; al o .might; be correspondingly varied, Y withoutcsdeparting ir nn the essence of the in:

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- As an illustration of a sample method of play,-

each player would be provided with one "of the scoring; devices as here shown and d'es'ti'rilo'e d. Eachplayer ineturn' might --be- "given five chances or-f ithrowsf in:- turn; for engaging, rongs of the missile in rune of the 'apeitureeof the blade." If

three offlthe throws are missed beforethe five v throws are completed-1thei'player' trikes out an'd -has no further eh one or throw; otherwise heiscore's as "aforesaid' according 'to the-num- 4 bersat the margins of the aperture engagedby a pgongmftne missil and "according tofthe corre= end with a" *handl'e,1 'a'rniissile "having six radially 'q win sr su i n t nie an ma Weight defining three intersecting "planes lying apprexirnateiy'at right-angles to each other, the length of a" pair of prongslying in each planeexr seeding th size of'the' holes in the paddle,and a flexible oord'connectii fthe, missile with thepad dle' adiaeent 'tiiat 'end of I the paddie' rem te from tne anuie; t e-"prongs er thefr'nis'sile being differently coloredand the areasfo' f j the" addle adjacent' the": holes being also differently colored, the colors 'oftl'ie prongs corresponding to; the

colors of'tne areas adi'acenttheholes. y 1 3-. A game deviceeomprising an elongatedsum stantially flat paddle having aplurality of unob strueted holes therethrougli 'andprovided at oi'ie end with a handle, scoring indicia associatedwith prongs of. substantiallyequal length and we ht defining threefintersee rigplan'es lyingia pr inately at right-angles r e 7 of. thepla'ne's inol'u'dihgj "II N length of a pair ofprongs ly1n in each 1) neckthe] missile each othh; the v g each-plane ex eeding; hesize 'of the holesintnepaddle-and a flexible cord 'conn-ec lathe; paddl' la e 

